Terminator Salvation

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Title: Terminator Salvation
Directed by McG
Staring
Christian Bale
Sam Worthington
Anton Yelchin
Moon Bloodgood
Fourth film in the Terminator franchise
Released date May 21st 2009

So, how good was this movie? It was alright. Is it as good as Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgement Day or Terminator 3: Rise of the machines? Well it's not as good as Terminator one or two and anything is better than Terminator 3. No offense Kristanna Loken. You're still hot, but your movie isn't very good. Did I think it followed the storyline when it comes to the other three films? Well since they didn't use much of the past in this film and focused only on the present, there wasn't much fault. Christian Bale (Batman Begins and The Dark Knight as Bruce Wayne) who plays John Connor thinks he's a bad @ss. Sam Worthington who plays Marcus Wright is a tough guy as well. Moon Bloodgood who plays Blair Williams seems more of an actual tough guy then both of them put together. Bryce Dallas Howard (The Village as Ivy Walker, Lady in the Water as Story) who plays Kate Connor was wasted in this movie. Helena Bonham Carter (Fight Club as Marla Singer, and the past five soon to be six films directed by her lover/life partner/father of her child Tim Burton) who plays Dr. Serena Kogan has a cameo that was a little weird, and not in a cool way. Is she trying to crossover into movies not directed by Tim Burton? Cause, it's not really her cup of tea. Try cameoing in one of David Fincher's films. I'd pay to see that. (David Fincher, director of Fight Club) Anton Yelchin (Star Trek as Pavel Chekov) was cool, running around shooting anything that moved. Jadagrace who plays Star, the youngest one in the cast was probably the best actor in this movie and she didn't even have any lines. Just like Devon Aoki who played Miho in Sin City. Both girls were pivotal and memorable. So how were the special effects? For those of you who all you care about is special effects, they were pretty cool, and massive. But special effects do not make a movie. Just look at The Matrix Revolutions. So was this movie confusing? It wasn't for me, but I've seen all three Terminator movies and watched Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which in my opinion, the first season was better than this movie, but that's just me. If you liked it, cool. If you liked it and thought it was confusing because you haven't watched the others or haven't seen one and two in a long time, watch one and two. Not three. Fail. If you didn't like this movie because it wasn't your cup of tea, than watch something else. Don't give up on sci-fi though. Watch Star Trek instead.